The Seat Ateca is up to a record 4th place at home in January. In a pattern we expect for most European Union markets this month, Spain starts the year down with January registrations at -7.5% year-on-year to 89.646. Company sales keep their head above the water, up 4.8% to…
The Rifter helps push Peugeot to #1 in Spain, accounting for 14% of its 2019 volume. Consult over 45 years of Spanish Historical Data here. New car sales in Spain put an end to 6 consecutive years of growth in 2019 at -2.4% to 1.302.963 units, the first year-on-year decline…
The Toyota C-HR is up to a record 4th place in Spain in November. New car sales in Spain progress by 3.9% year-on-year in November to 97.173 units, the 2nd largest November volume in the past 12 years below 2017 (104.756), leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.2% to 1.193.642,…
The Renault Clio scores its first Spanish win in 3 years. It's time to kick start September updates and in Europe we will see a blanket of seemingly impressive year-on-year gains due to the depleted September 2018 volumes post-WLTP implementation. Spain inaugurates the trend with a 20.7% year-on-year surge to…
The Sandero (+12%) helps Dacia hit a record 6th place in Spain in August. The Spanish new car market logically falls -29% year-on-year in August because one year ago the market was artificially boosted up 49% by pre-WLTP stock clearing registrations. A better comparison set is August 2017, and this…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling vehicle in Spain for the third time in 2019. New car sales in Spain drop -8.3% year-on-year in July to 121.012 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.8% to 836.352. However as it is the case in France, this is in fact a…
The Seat Arona is up to a record 2nd place at home. The Spanish new car market endures a 9th year-on-year decline in the past 10 months in June at -5.9% to 134.341 registrations, leading to a First Half tally down -3% to 715.314. Revealing a strongly artificial market, only…
Peugeot 3008 sales are up 27.2% in May in Spain. After getting their head above water in April at +5.9%, new car sales in Spain are back under in May at -4.6% to 129.777, lodging an 8th year-on-year decline in the past 9 months yet this is still the 2nd…
The Seat Leon is by far the most popular vehicle in Spain in April. Spanish new car sales cut short a painful streak of 7 consecutive months of declines in April with a sturdy +5.9% year-on-year uptick to 123.833 units, the largest result for the month since 2006 (129.468). The…
The Citroen C3 posts the largest gain in the Top 25 in March. It's a painful 7th straight month of year-on-year decline for Spanish new car sales at -1.3% 126.984 units in March, still the 2nd largest volume for the month in the past 12 years below just last year.…
The 508 (+125.6%) helps Peugeot sales surge 18.8% year-on-year in Spain this month. Spanish new car sales endure a 6th consecutive year-on-year decline in February at -6.9% to 103.449 units, however still the only six-digit February figure in the past 11 years alongside last year (111.166), but the first February…
The Dacia Sandero signs its 10th monthly win in Spain. The Spanish new car market starts the year on the wrong foot with a -5.1% year-on-year decline in January to 96.890 registrations, yet this is still the 2nd largest January volume in the past decade below last year's 102.149 units.…
The Seat Leon is the best-selling vehicle in Spain for the 5th straight year. Consult over 45 years worth of Spanish Historical Data here. The Spanish new car market enjoys a 6th straight year of growth in 2018 at +7.5% to 1.334.085 registrations. This is the largest annual result in…
Seat Ateca sales soar 43% year-on-year in November. Spanish new car sales continue to bear the after-effects of the WLTP implementation with November deliveries down a harsh 10.8% year-on-year to 93.470, in effect cancelling the 12.5% surge of October 2017 to return to 2016 levels. The year-to-date tally is however…
The Dacia Sandero is the best-selling model in Spain in October. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 290 All-models by clicking on the title * The aftermath of the pre-WLTP sales pull-forward continues to impact the new car market in Spain, down for the 2nd straight month in October at…